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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Been a while

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CC is listening to: the thumping in my ears

Wow it's been a while since I've blogged. Let's see, what's been going on. I finally finished the 6 Sigma training (YAY!) :-). Now all I need to do is understand just what it was that I learned :-). The good news is it's easy to get a hold of books that can help. A book that's been really helpful is Six Sigma Workbook for Dummies.


The thing I like best about it is that it uses real-life examples to get the point across for a specific statistical test. And it's got exercises and answers. It teaches you the formulas, but if you've got Excel with the Analysis Toolpak Add-In installed you don't even have to worry about that :-). Click, click--there you are, you've got the correlation coefficient :-).

It would have been awesome though if there was a book that walked you through different projects from start to finish, using all the Six Sigma tools that you would need. Oh well, maybe it's out there and I just haven't found it :-).

I've been kind of sick lately. I say "kind of" because it's not really the cough-cough-sneeze kind of sick, but it's annoying anyway. I've had a sinus infection for the last 3 weeks. I was actually kind of surprised to find out what it was because the pain wasn't in my ears, it was at the base of my skull. You know that tingly feeling when you bang your elbow against something? Take that feeling and put it at the top of your neck, then multiply that a few times until it goes from tingly to "Ow ow ow ow ow."

Since I've been to the doctor and he explained to me that it was a sinus infection, I've become more aware that when my neck hurts, my ear also gets this tight crampy feeling.

{All of a sudden my mind says, "the variables neck pain and ear tightness have a coefficient correlation of r=+.949, with an adjusted r-square of .90, which means there is a strong positive correlation between neck pain and ear tightness, and that 90% of the pain is explained by the relationship of these two variables."} Agggh get out of my head!

I'm okay, I'm okay :-).

The leaves on the trees are starting to change, which is exciting :-). I absolutely love fall :-). I can't wait until they turn all shades of yellow, orange, brown and red.

I've been REALLY wanting to spend a long weekend at the Biltmore. It's in Asheville, North Carolina and it's about a 10 hour drive. It's a gorgeous place. And you've probably already seen the Biltmore mansion: it was Richie Rich's house in the 1994 movie :-). Here's a clip from www.biltmore.com:







Steve and I had been to the Biltmore once before, but it was just an impulse visit and we didn't realize how big the estate was. You needed a day just to tour the mansion itself, and there are so many other things to see on the estate. We agreed that we needed to come back and spend a few days next time. Maybe this is the opportunity :-). You can't stay at the house, but there is a Biltmore Inn, which is right on the estate :-). That'll be cool :-).

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